Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.
at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.
Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,
Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?